On screen
Cast
52 credited performers
Omar Epps
Quincy 'Q' Powell
Tupac Shakur
Roland Bishop
Khalil Kain
Raheem Porter
Jermaine Hopkins
Steel
Cindy Herron
Yolanda
Samuel L. Jackson
Trip
Queen Latifah
Ruffhouse M.C.
Vincent Laresca
Radames
Michael Badalucco
Detective Kelly
Donald Faison
Student
Maggie Rush
Myra
Bruklin Harris
Keesha
Bokeem Woodbine
Patron
Artwork unavailable
Grace Garland
Q's Mother
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John P. 'Jack' McLaughlin
Cop #1
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Norman Douglass
Cop #2
John Di Benedetto
Cop #3
George O. Gore II
Brian
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Victor Campos
Quiles
Eric Payne
Frank
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Sharon Cook
Record Store Clerk
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Darien Berry
Blizzard
Flex Alexander
Contest Auditioner
Rony Clanton
Detective Markham
Artwork unavailable
Jacqui Dickerson
Sweets
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Pablo Guzman
TV Reporter
LaTanya Richardson Jackson
Steel's Mother
Artwork unavailable
Randy Frazier
Steel's Father
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Oran "Juice" Jones
Snappy Nappy Dugout
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Mitch Marchand
Kid at Trip's
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Corwin Moore
Sam
Lauren Jones
Raheem's Mother
Artwork unavailable
Birdie M. Hale
Bishop's Grandma
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L.B. Williams
Bishop's Father
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Eddie Joe
Bartender
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Christopher Rubin
Doctor
Ed Lover
Contest Judge
Doctor Dré
Contest Judge
Fab 5 Freddy
Self
Artwork unavailable
Erick Sermon
Bar Patron
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Parrish "PMD" Smith
Bar Patron
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Juanita Troy-Keitt
Homeless Woman
Treach
Radame’s Homie (uncredited)
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Moses Edinborough
MTV Producer (uncredited)
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Ed "Special Ed" Archer
Keesha's Boyfriend (uncredited)
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Stretch
Tall Man in Club (uncredited)
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T-Money
T-Money (uncredited)
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Millicent Terraine
Woman (uncredited)
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George Letrell
Radames' Gang (uncredited)
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Al Shaw Ki Moore
Dancer (uncredited)
Kool DJ Red Alert
Concert Judge (uncredited)
Yolanda Whitaker
Girl At Party